A new study has developed an innovative biochar-based nanomaterial that can rapidly remove harmful herbicides from soil while ...

Soil contamination by cadmium is a growing global challenge that threatens food safety, agricultural productivity, and environmental health. Cadmium is a highly toxic heavy metal that accumulates ...

A newly developed magnetic biochar material could help farmers grow safer rice in soils contaminated with toxic elements, ...

BURLINGTON, N.C. — The U.S. Army used a plant in Burlington, North Carolina, to build missile parts after World War II. However, the facility has been vacant for decades finally closing in 1992. Now, ...

The tests will target a soil pile at the construction site that measures roughly 2,500 cubic yards, according to documents on ...

Japan's government has announced it will ban farmers from planting rice in soil contaminated by radiation from the tsunami-flooded nuclear power plant, adding another food central to Japanese culture ...

Anthony Drouin, residuals management supervisor, collects samples of sludge on June 10. He'll test them for PFAS. Wastewater plants get their sludge tested a few times a year, depending on their size.

Neighbors and agencies tasked with cleaning up yards, gardens and soil contaminated with dioxins from the J.H. Baxter & Co. plant in West Eugene are still waiting for work to get underway more than a ...

The area affected by a landslide of several million tonnes contaminated soil is pictured, near the village of Oelst, near Randers, Denmark, Thursday Jan. 25, 2024. On Monday, Prime Minister Mette ...